The effectiveness of hypnotherapy with physiotherapy: pain intensity, functional disability, and psychological distress among patients with non-specific low back pain
Journal Title: Chronic Diseases Journal - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
BACKGROUND: It has been demonstrated in previous investigations that non-specific low back pain is caused by multiple factors. Evidently, integrative therapies should be used in order to improve this disorder. Documents exhibit that integrative therapies are capable of improving different aspects of low back pain and preventing the recurrence of clinical symptoms. The aim of the present study was to determine the effectiveness of hypnotherapy with physiotherapy on low back pain. METHODS: The statistical sample included 28 women who were randomly divided into two groups. One group received hypnotherapy with physiotherapy and the other received pure physiotherapy. The Depression Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS-21), the Numerical Rating Scale (NRS), the Roland Morris Disability Questionnaire (RDQ) were used to measure the trend of changes (pretest, mid-test, and posttest) of psychological distress, pain intensity, and functional disability. The Hypnotic Induction Profile (HIP) was used to measure suggestibility. In order to analyze data, repeated measures analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used in SPSS software. RESULTS: The results revealed that hypnotherapy with physiotherapy affects pain intensity in the same way as pure physiotherapy (P < 0.05). Furthermore, it was found that hypnotherapy with physiotherapy is more effective than pure physiotherapy on functional disability (P < 0.05). It was also discovered that only hypnotherapy with physiotherapy can improve psychological distress (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION: It can be concluded that hypnotherapy with physiotherapy can improve pain intensity, functional disability, and psychological distress, and the total effectiveness of hypnotherapy with physiotherapy is more than the total effectiveness of pure physiotherapy.
Authors and Affiliations
Nader Abazari, Isaac Rahimian-Bougar, Siavash Tale-Pasand, Atefe Aminianfar
Keywords
Related Articles
- EP ID EP286097
- DOI -
- Views 134
- Downloads 0
Reducing the incidence of cancers in Iran with more attention to personal and environmental risk factors
-
The relationship between the adequacy of hemodialysis and laboratory parameters
BACKGROUND: The present study was conducted in order to evaluate the factors affecting the adequacy of dialysis and determine the relationship of dialysis adequacy with laboratory parameters. METHODS: This descriptive st...
Evaluation of the status of antibiotic prescription in patients admitted to a teaching hospital in west of Iran
BACKGROUND: The aim of this study was to evaluate the status of the appropriate use of antibiotics by type, dosage, and length of treatment and the route of administration in Tohid teaching hospital, Sanandaj, Iran. METH...
Comparing the psychological well-being and lifestyle of social networks user and non-user female students of high school in Sanandaj, Iran
BACKGROUND: Virtual networks are one of the social issues in the age of communication. The growing development of electronic communication networks among teens has brought about many tricks for the person. The purpose of...
Student’s characteristics and fast food consumption
BACKGROUND: Many health hazards are known to be closely related to the consumption of fast food. The present study was conducted with the objective to investigate how students’ characteristics (attitude, control beliefs,...